NZ Politics Daily: 26 July 2024

ABUSE IN CARE REPORT, CHILD WELFARE
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The shadow of a boot camp hangs over parliament
RNZ: Minister can't guarantee abuse won't occur at controversial boot camps
RNZ: Christopher Luxon defends boot camps as 'very different' from abuse case study
Michael Morrah (Herald): Formal complaint laid against NZ Law Society president Frazer Barton after church group advised it could destroy records of all children in its care
Tim Scott (ODT): Wiping of records deplored (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): Abuse in Care report: We were there and we looked away (paywalled)
Jean Edwards (RNZ): Abuse in Care inquiry: Immediate action needed to ensure safety of Gloriavale members and children
Rocío Figueroa Alvear (Post): Time for churches to confront their systemic role in abuse (paywalled)
RNZ: Medical Council apologises to Lake Alice survivors in wake of Abuse in Care findings
Tristram Ingham, Meredith Perry and Bernadette Jones (Newsroom): Health system must be accountable for complicity in abuse
Thomas Manch (Post): 'Come forward', PM says about allegations of 80s politician paedophile ring (paywalled)
Ella Stewart (RNZ): The state care decision that rippled through four generations
Aaron Smale (Newsroom): State care has key role in creating violent gang members – submission
Alecia Rousseau (Manawatū Standard): 'Momentous’: PM’s apology ‘deeper’ than expected for survivors of Lake Alice
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Abuse in Care report: Politicians pledge cross-party action in speeches
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): After the Abuse in Care report, the next stage has to go well
Nick Mills (Newstalk ZB): The report into abuse in care is a volume of horror
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Thank heavens for the bravery of those who spoke at the Abuse in Care inquiry
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Abuse Inquiry - the direct and indirect victims
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): What survivors of abuse in care hope will come from the Royal Commission
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Abuse survivor’s heartfelt exchange with prime minister
RNZ: Abuse in Care inquiry: Survivors expect Prime Minister to 'honour his word'
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Is it harrowing? Absolutely. But here’s why you should read the abuse in care report
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): 10 questions about the abuse in care inquiry asked and answered
Robert MacCulloch: The World's Media Reports Horrific Headlines about NZ quoting numbers from the Royal Commission into Abuse that its own consultants told it "may never be known with any degree of precision"
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1News: Oranga Tamariki: More children entered state care in past year
RNZ: Oranga Tamariki aims to finalise funding for social providers by end of July
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Government quietly shrinks child poverty reduction targets
RNZ: Minister defends lowered child poverty targets as 'achievable'

HEALTH
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Leaked Health NZ restructure proposal shines light on latest job cuts
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Minister's $200m tobacco tax cut bypasses Cabinet requirements (paywalled)
RNZ: More Health NZ job cuts to come, commissioner Lester Levy says
Rob Campbell (Post): Beware the Chainsaw Man approach to public service savings
Krystal Gibbens, (RNZ): 'Soul destroying': Health NZ Te Whatu Ora proposes cuts to recently established jobs
Rachel Thomas (Post): Senior jobs to go at Health NZ – union (paywalled)
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Rotorua Hospital must employ more ED doctors by January to keep training licence
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Rotorua doctors 'blind-sided' by directive to work at Taupō ED
Jaime Lyth (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visits South Auckland Manukau SuperClinic
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Eight graphs that show how we die in NZ
RNZ: 'Nobody knew what to do with us' - Strategy for rare disorders treatment welcomed
Hannah Martin (Stuff): 'So happy': Kiwis could soon have oestradiol gel funded amid menopause patch shortage
RNZ: Menopause gel may soon be fully-funded

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